Mites: a primary food source for two predators in San Joaquin Valley cotton. Academic Article

abstract

• Predators collected consistently at levels of one or more per cotton plant were big-eyed bug Geocoris pallens and minute-pirate bug Orius tristicolor. A complex of mites, mainly Tetranychus urticae and T. turkestani, and western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis, were the only prey collected consistently at levels of 5 or more per plant. Field trials suggest that economic thresholds should take into account the value of 'secondary pests' as food for predators. -P.J.Jarvisbig eyed bug Geocoris pallens minute pirate bug Orius tristicolor Tetranychus urticae Tetranychus turkestani western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis

authors

• Wilson, Lloyd

published proceedings

• California Agriculture

author list (cited authors)

• Gonzalez, D., Patterson, B. R., Leigh, T. F., & Wilson, L. T.

complete list of authors

• Gonzalez, D||Patterson, BR||Leigh, TF||Wilson, LT

publication date

• January 1982

start page

• 18

end page

• 20

volume

• 36

issue

• 3-4